Trump Administration Appeals to Supreme Court in California Ballot Case

The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court with an urgent request to order California to separate the ballots of more than 20,000 voters suspected of not being U.S. citizens, according to reports from Axios and CBS News. The request follows a federal appeals court ruling last week that rejected the administration's bid to stop the counting of those ballots, after a federal judge expressed skepticism regarding the credibility of the lists provided by the government.

The U.S. Department of Justice argued that without immediate segregation, it would be impossible to distinguish challenged ballots from lawful ones once they are commingled. Further details regarding the Supreme Court's ruling have not yet been released.